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He took the surname Douglas on 18 December 1850, on inheriting the estate of Douglas Support, which had been entailed to the descendants of his paternal grandmother by her sister Margaret, duchess of Douglas.
Major Archibald DouMajor Archibald Douglas Monteath served in the East India Company.
In 1850 Monteath's brother, James Douglas....

James Douglas of Virginia
m. Katherine Brent (dau of George Brent of Virginia)
((A)) Archibald Douglas of Douglas Support (dsp 17.01.1804)
((B)) Margaret Douglas of Douglas Support (d unm 1832)
((C)) Catherine Douglas of Douglas Support (dsp 1848)
m. George Pye, later Douglas (General)

Note: I think the above is Douglas Support in Virginia - to be confirmed.

James Hamilton's grandson having married the daughter of Sir Archibald Hamilton of Rosehall, his son Archibald succeeded to that estate which adjoined, as well as to Dalzell and Orbiston. Archibald's son, General John Hamilton, sold Rosehall, and it is now called "Douglas Support."

The Flemish style Douglas Support mansion lay on the banks of the North Calder River. Owned by a branch of the Hamilton family in 1574, ...

THE Rev. Sholto Douglas Campbell, M.A., second Baron Blythswood, is the second son of the late Archibald Douglas of Mains, who succeeded to the Blythswood estate in 1838, and assumed the name of Campbell. He took an active part in initiating the parochial mission movement in the Church of England, and though he had inherited the estate of Douglas Support, near Coatbridge, from Brigadier-General Sir Thomas Monteith Douglas in 1868, he remained in his English charge till 1887.  In June 1908 his mansion at Douglas-Support, Renfrewshire, was destroyed by fire. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Blythswood, co. Renfrew [U.K., 1892] on 8 July 1908

Testament of Margaret, Duchess of Douglas
...employ the free residue of my said money Goods and Effects hereby conveyed or such part thereof as they shall see proper & convenient in
the purchase of Lands in Scotland the lands so to be purchases to be called in all time thereafter Douglas Support (or Mains Support) [p.323] Support of Douglas in the Event That the said Archd Douglas my Nephew shall succeed to the Estate of Mains...

The Duchess of Douglas survived till 24 Oct. 1774. Tradition pictures the duchess as travelling about the country with an escort of halberdiers. She commemorated her own share in securing the Douglas estates to her nephew by bequeathing certain lands to her brother's son, Captain Archibald Douglas, to be called the lands of Douglas-Support, and the possessor of which was to bear the name of Douglas, and as his arms the conjoined coats of Douglas and Mains, with the addition of a woman trampling a snake under her feet, and supporting in her arms a child crowned with laurels.
2003...the development of the Douglas Support Estate at Shawhead. The project would see the establishment of a major new high quality business park stretching from Strathclyde Business Park in Bellshill to the A8 at Shawhead...

 

Douglas Support
Douglas Support Cottage
Douglas Support East Lodge
Douglas Support North Lodge

 

Maj.-Gen. Barrington Bulkeley Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood, died on 13 March 1918 at age 73 at Douglas Support, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

New York Times, 14 March 1918

 

Soldier. Born Thomas Monteath, he acquired the name Douglas in 1851 as a condition of inheriting the estate of Douglas-Support near Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire. Monteath Douglas spent much of his career in India, serving with the 35th Bengal Infantry. He was decorated for service during the First Afghan War, having distinguished himself in the defence of Jellalabad in 1841, with Sir Robert Sale. He married the only surviving daughter of Sir William Monteath Scott of Ancrum, and therefore gained control of that estate. He died without issue and was buried in a fine mausoleum overlooking Ancrum.

 

(1933) [Catalogue of material] for sale ex mansion house of Douglas Support near Baillieston, Glasgow, Dundee; Glasgow.

 

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